Shaded letters (left to right, top to bottom): HIPPOGRIFF
Across |
Down |
5. CICADA (“sick
Ada” hom.) |
1. pOP A
QUEstion |
9. PRO (d.def.) |
2. vERNE |
10. GANG + RENE |
3. W + HER + E |
12. F(ormer) E(uropean)
U(nion) D(uchies) |
4. N(eed) O(nly)
N(egligible) E(xpenditures) |
13. stonewARE
TESserae |
5. CRETI(O)N |
14. BB + Q |
6. ITS + ELF |
16. W(UH)AN |
7. ATE (“tea”
anag.) |
17. revile |
8. DOUBLE (“be
loud” anag.) |
18. yoU LUrk |
11. RAN + A |
19. STANDOF + F
(“soft and” anag.) |
15. QUICK +
LIMES |
24. teach |
19. SU + CH |
25. HO(A)XES
(“oh sex” anag.) |
20. DIASTOLE (“I
led a sot” anag.) |
26. Y + AK |
21. BACCHIC
(“Bach ick” hom.) |
30. DAKOTAN
(“Tonka ad” anag.) |
22. kazaKH A
KIlem |
32. RHODINOL
(“rowed in all” hom.) |
23. SEWN |
33. BEG + EM
(“me” rev.) |
27. AE + NE + ID |
35. yACED
(“decay” rev.) |
28. D + ADO |
|
29. memorandA RE
Adelphia |
|
30. DOtaGE |
|
31. AL(E)E |
|
34. GAR (“rag”
rev.) |
Fore
|
Hind |
a. HI + GHTAIL (“alight” anag.) |
a. WESTMINSTER (“Times strewn” anag.) |
b. SHORTCAKE (“court shake” spoonerism) |
b. EIDERDOWN (“eyed her down” hom.) |
c. F(REEB)OOT (“beer” rev.; “around” j.t.o.) |
c. GUMSHOE (“Moe hugs” anag.) |
d. SOFT + P + EDAL (“deal” anag.) |
d. F(I)G(L)EAF (“gaffe” anag.) |
e. D(a -> O)GWOOD |
e. WHISTLESTOP (“host wet lips” anag.) |
f. DAIS + Y +
CHAIN (“china” anag.) |
f. PIE(EYE)D |
g. BU + GBEAR (“barge” anag.) |
g. CARTWHEEL (“reel watch” anag.) |
h. GO + L + D(W)ATE + R |
h. WH(igs) IT(alians) EW(oks) AT(habascans)
ER(itreans) |
i. HOEGAARDEN (“he groaned a” anag.) |
i. J(AILBI + R)D (“alibi” anag.) |
j. BUCK + BEAK |
j. EYEPATCH (“yet cheap” anag.) |
HOEgaarden +
eiderDOWN
HIGHtail +
whiteWATER
SHORTcake +
whistleSTOP
DOGwood + eyePATCH
SOFT-pedal +
gumSHOE
BUGbear + pie-EYED
BUCKbeak +
westMINSTER
DAISY-chain +
cartWHEEL
GOLDwater + fig
LEAF
FREEboot +
jailBIRD
Solution grid fixed in 2010 by the archivists of Beginner's Luck. The original one was blank.